Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-57641

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
17 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0031 53.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57641 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Openlinksw Virtuoso. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 46.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SC-5 (Denial-of-service Protection) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Remediating the specific flaw in the sqlexp component of Virtuoso v7.2.11 directly prevents exploitation of this SQL injection vulnerability leading to DoS.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Validating SQL statement inputs to the sqlexp component prevents crafted malicious SQL from triggering the DoS condition.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection good match
preventdetect

Denial-of-service protections limit the effects of crafted SQL statements causing resource exhaustion in the sqlexp component.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

Remote unauthenticated SQL injection (CWE-89) in a public-facing database component directly enables exploitation of a network-accessible application (T1190) to trigger DoS via crafted input (T1499.004).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

An issue in the sqlexp component of openlink virtuoso-opensource v7.2.11 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted SQL statements.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-57641 is a vulnerability in the sqlexp component of OpenLink Virtuoso OpenSource version 7.2.11. The issue allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition through crafted SQL statements. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) and is associated with CWE-89 (SQL Injection). The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-14.

A remote network attacker requires no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation leads to a DoS condition as described, with the CVSS metrics indicating high integrity impact but no confidentiality or availability impact.

Mitigation details are available in the GitHub issue tracker at https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource/issues/1183.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Affected Products

openlinksw
virtuoso
7.2.11

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